New Dwarf bases!

Here are the photos of the bases I worked on over the holiday weekend. I painted up some Dwarf cav, and some Dwarf handweapons. I also re-based my Medieval foot knights form 4 to a base to 6 to a base. I have to finish the bases off with flock and such but I thought I would share the photos now.This is my first base of BRF mounted cav.
This is another base of Dwarf handweapons. This is a mix of BRF Mirliton minis.
My re-based knights.

Noel

Photos of my Battlewagon Painted!

Here is a slide show of my completed Dwarf battlewagon. Click on the slide show to see the photos.


Noel

New Painting Jigs.

Well today I created 2 new painting jigs to make painting units easer.
I took some scrap wood trim 1/2 by 3/4 cut and screwed them together. Then drilled 6 hole (not all the way through) to hold the nails.

Well I have had a good Father's day and the wife let me do some painting.

Noel

Second Base completed!

Well I completed yet another Dwarf base. I have also changed the number of minis per base, and fixed the first base I completed. The first base was BRF Dwarfs, and the second is Mir.
Side by side view.

Noel

Dwarf Comparison photos!

Well Here are some comparison photos of the minis I picked up. They are from

• Black Raven Foundry
• Splintered Light
• Mirliton
  

I like all the minis I picked up, but will not be getting any more from SL in the Dwarf range, as they are more like 20mm. I will be using the one I picked up but no more. The minis look great just to big for me. I did get a sample from SL of 3 orcs and will be buying these when I re-do an orc army. Photos of these soon.
From Left to right: Splintered Light Hero, Black Raven Foundry Hero, Mirliton 2 heroes.

From Left to Right: 2 BRF hand weapons, and 2 Mir hand weapons. I think these 2 ranges work very well together. I will most use BRF as they are easer to get a cheaper for me in the US.

From Left to Right: SL mounted hero, Mirliton mounted, BRF mounted. The SL range is to large for my taste. I will use them but don't think I will get any more of them. The other 2 ranges work well togerther and love them.
BRF mounted on a sabor tooth tiger, I love this guy.

I hope you like these photos, and I will try and do some more soon.

Noel

Painting Dwarfs 101! Part 1.

This is a small how to on how I paint my 15mm Dwarfs. I used a slide show to save space on the Blog page. Once the show plays, use the controls to move through the slides. I hope you like it.
Any questions place them in the comments for this post.

Noel

Completed my first base of Dwarfs!

Well I have finished my first base of Dwarfs and here are some photos.

Seen here I have based 4 Dwarfs on plastic card, then covered the base with a filler putty. I have given the putty a bit of color to make it easier to cover with paint and flock.

Another angle of the same.

Now this is a completed base. I have added a bottom to the base of magnet, used for cards. You can get then in lots of 100 for about 10.00 US. With a pit of paint and some flock it looks good tom me.

Another angle.

Noel

First Photos of the Dwarfs

Well As promised here are my first photos of the Dwarfs I am working on. The Dwarfs are form the Black Raven Foundry range of Dwarfs. My photos show the new way I am painting 15mm miniatures. From these photos you can see they are mounted on a roofing nail then placed into a block of wood. This made painting the Dwarfs much easier then the way I did it in the past, by painting them on the 40x40 base. When painting I try to work on 2 bases worth of minis at one time, but I mis counted and only painted 7 and not the 8 required. I am going to work on completing one base today. I have mounted 4 of the Dwarfs, and filled the base to give it a better look than just flock.

Noel.